The Muslim Vibe Podcast

Salim (from self-isolation) and Husam are joined by Dr Adam Ali, a long-time friend of The Muslim Vibe as they discuss Coronavirus. The topic needs no introduction, a virus that has led to a global pandemic. We hear a bit more about it from Dr Adam and his experiences working with Public Health England to screen passengers entering from high-risk countries into the UK through Heathrow Airport. The...

This week our host Salim is joined by Naed, our chief intern, as they speak to Hussein Kesvani, author of Follow Me Akhi. His book broaches the topics of how Islam has been affected by the Internet and the communities formed there, and they explore these topics further as the conversation progresses. We hear about some of Hussein's topics that didn't quite make it into the book, from psychedelic d...

This week our host Salim is once again joined by Husam as they talk to Rimla Akhtar, Football Association Counsellor and Rugby League board member. They talk about her journey into the world of sport, touching on the barriers that tend to limit women and people of colour from full-time careers in sports. The discussion moves to focus on external barriers as they broach the topic of the 2007 FIFA h...

Join our new podcast Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tmvpodcast/ ... This week Salim is once again joined by Husam as they speak to YouTuber and Muslim Personality Baba Ali. The conversation begins far along memory lane, in 2006, as Ali shares just how he got into making videos and becoming Baba Ali. The discussion reveals that YouTube was just the first domino to fall, triggering...

Join our new podcast Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tmvpodcast/ ... This week, Salim is joined by Jessica as co-host, as they talk to Mary about her journey to Islam. The conversation starts with an introduction to her background and moves steadily through to her decision to sell her belongings and book a one-way ticket out of America. They discuss her travels, from Tunisia to Ger...

Join our new podcast Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tmvpodcast/ ... Once again, our host Salim is joined by cohost Husam as they speak to this week's guest - Ibn Ali Miller, a speaker and activist who went viral a couple of years ago for being recorded stopping a fight on the side of the road. In light of Black History Month, they reflect on the role Islam has played in the civil...

Join our new podcast Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tmvpodcast/ ... Salim is joined by this week's co-host Rukshana, as they broach the topic of homeschooling. They speak with Maryam, founder of Nurturing Learners, about the merits of this alternative to conventional teaching. The discussion covers the merits of homeschooling as a Muslim parent, how it tries to succeed where tradi...

Join our new podcast Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tmvpodcast/ ... Salim is joined by Sheikh Javad Shomali, who shares some deep and insightful thoughts on how we see religion, reassessing our relationship with Islam and also some musings on what the purpose of life is.  Sheikh Javad shares some incredible nuggets of wisdom throughout the podcast and provides some of the per...

Join our new podcast Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tmvpodcast/ ... In this week's podcast, our host Salim speaks to Hoda Abrahim, founder and CEO of BlendMatching. They talk about the company's take on matchmaking, which echoes the traditional approach, and how Muslim matchmaking has evolved over time. Sharing anecdotes of their own, Hoda and Salim reflect on marriage, discussing...

Join our new podcast Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tmvpodcast/ ... Salaam everyone! Just wanted to take a moment to thank you all for your continued support! The TMV Podcast has grown exponentially over the last year and we have you all to thank for that!  We're taking a short break before the new year and would love for you to give us feedback and suggestions for 2020. You...

Join our new podcast Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tmvpodcast/ ... This week our host Salim speaks to Nabil Abdulrashid, comedian and activist. Nabil is somewhat notorious for being banned several times across different social media for the things he says, and the discussion explores that. We gain an understanding as to why Nabil is so passionate about this topic, and why he call...

Join our new podcast Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tmvpodcast/ ... On this week's episode of The Muslim Vibe Podcast, our host Salim talks to Sheikh Ali Hussein Datoo about the life of the Prophet. As his birth anniversary approaches, they take the chance to discuss the morals and lessons we can learn from the Prophet, and how they not only applied then, but also how they apply t...

Join our new podcast Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tmvpodcast/ ... This week on the TMV podcast, our host Salim talks to author and CAGE Research Director, Asim Qureshi. The conversation takes us through Asim's past ambitions of corporate law, his motivation and experience with CAGE, and most recently, his book. They have an in-depth discussion of the contents of the book, provid...

Join our new podcast Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tmvpodcast/ ... This week on The Muslim Vibe Podcast, Salim talks to Ali Jaffrey about his journey of dealing with same-sex attraction. Ali walks us through his life, telling us how he came to be aware of his attraction from a young age, how he coped (for a large period of his life in silence) and how he sought help. We learn abo...

This week our host Salim talks to Umar Hakim, a brother from California who reverted to Islam 21 years ago. They recount his journey, starting from his chance discovery of Islam, and walking through his conversion, and the aftermath that ensued. Their conversation covers the liberation felt from accepting Islam, liberation from both the vices of the world and the ''colonised mindset'' all too many...

This week our host Salim talks to Haseeb Rizvi, co-founder and creative director of The Muslim Vibe. The two founders take us through the journey of how TMV came to be, sharing with us their nostalgia, trials, and achievements as they worked to create the platform that now exists today. Their trip down memory lane gives us an insider view of how TMV came to be, a commentary spanning its life from...

This week Salim is joined by stand-in co-host Taher, as they talk to Aslan Toofani about his passion for mentoring the youth. They explore how Aslan got involved with guiding the flag-bearers of the future, and why it's so important to him to be a listening ear for the youth, drawing on his own personal experiences as a child. Salim and Taher also discuss Aslan's plans for a community 'Hub' and wh...

This week Salim and Husam are joined by Ayesha Malik, an influencer who has seen her video retweeted thousands of times for one simple reason: she called out Priyanka Chopra. Ever since the original tweet, Ayesha's life has changed, and we explore it all in this episode. They explore the lead-up to the confrontation, Ayesha's motivations behind it all, and how a 45-second video has sent her in a w...

We made the trip down to Parliament this week to talk to Slough MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (AKA Tan). A video of MP Tan speaking at the House of Commons a few weeks ago went viral and he passionately berated UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson over his comments about Muslim women and the lack of action from the Conservative party with regards to Islamophobia within the party.  We naturally spoke about...

Salim is joined by Mariam Hakim on this week's podcast. They discuss Mariam's past articles with The Muslim Vibe, and how she finds it important to focus on both dark and light content. This leads up to Mariam's book "An Ocean in One Drop", a project that started as a continuation of an article she once wrote for The Muslim Vibe about Hajar. They walk through the journey of publishing her book, gi...

Salim is joined by Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan (AKA The Brown Hijabi) on this week's podcast. They discuss Suhaiymah's poetry and journey thus-far, starting out with her (once anonymous) blog: https://thebrownhijabi.com and then talking about her poetry going viral a few years ago and the doors that has opened up for her. They also discuss the recent incident involving Suhaiymah's withdrawal from the B...

Salim is joined by Hussein Charara from WISE Academy in Dearborn, Michigan. They discuss how to achieve a future reality you envisage of yourself, by having a clear intention and an elevated emotion. Hussein's philosophy is that if you look at your future through the lens of the past, then your familiar past will become your predictable future. He wants to show you how to break the habit of being...

Salim and Husam are joined by Aatif Nawaz and Ali Official, the writers and stars on BBC sketch show 'Muzlamic'. They discuss their different journeys in the world comedy, their BBC show and how they got to where they are today! Here is the podcast Salim mentioned on the show about Ben who converted to Islam because of Mo Salah: https://bit.ly/2OIuPfk

Salim and Husam speak to Mohammad Arshad, this week, founder of Muslim CEO and Muslim Mastery. They talk about the distinction between running Muslim organisations and organisations run by Muslims, as well as what it really takes to get an organisation running like a well-oiled machine. The conversation provides some insight to how The Muslim Vibe works and how it came to be, as well as touching o...

This week, Salim and Husam speak to Tez Ilyas, a comedian whose gigs have ranged from open mic nights to openers at the O2. They talk about how he left the Home Office for comedy gigs, his past appearances on TV, and how he's managed to stay authentic through it all. They walk through his journey and his accomplishments; looking at how he started, how he made it, and how he always keeps it real. C...